update react-native version and packages, update changelog.md

Author: baky30

Gemfile

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 # You may use http://rbenv.org/ or https://rvm.io/ to install and use this version
 ruby ">= 2.6.10"
 
-gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.12'
+gem 'cocoapods', '~> 1.13'
+gem 'activesupport', '>= 6.1.7.3', '< 7.1.0'

android/app/build.gradle

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: "com.android.application"
+apply plugin: "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android"
 apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
 
 /**
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
 
 android {
     ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
-    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
+    buildToolsVersion rootProject.ext.buildToolsVersion
+    compileSdk rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
     namespace "com.reactnativestarter"
 //     compileOptions {
 //         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -81,9 +83,9 @@ android {
         versionName "1.0"
         multiDexEnabled true
     }
-    dexOptions {
-        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
-    }
+//   dexOptions {
+//       javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
+//   }
     signingConfigs {
         debug {
             storeFile file('debug.keystore')
@@ -109,14 +111,8 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     // The version of react-native is set by the React Native Gradle Plugin
     implementation("com.facebook.react:react-android")
-//     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
-
-    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
-    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-network-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
-        exclude group:'com.squareup.okhttp3', module:'okhttp'
-    }
+    implementation("com.facebook.react:flipper-integration")
 
-    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper-fresco-plugin:${FLIPPER_VERSION}")
     if (hermesEnabled.toBoolean()) {
         implementation("com.facebook.react:hermes-android")
     } else {

android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
-
     <application
         android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
         tools:targetApi="28"
-        tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning">
-        <activity android:name="com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity" android:exported="false" />
-    </application>
+        tools:ignore="GoogleAppIndexingWarning"/>
 </manifest>

android/app/src/debug/java/com/reactnativestarter/ReactNativeFlipper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.reactnativestarter
+
+import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity
+import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.fabricEnabled
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactActivityDelegate
+
+class MainActivity : ReactActivity() {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript.
+     * This is used to schedule rendering of the component.
+     */
+    override fun getMainComponentName(): String = "ReactNativeStarter"
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the instance of the [ReactActivityDelegate]. We use [DefaultReactActivityDelegate]
+     * which allows you to enable New Architecture with a single boolean flags [fabricEnabled]
+     */
+    override fun createReactActivityDelegate(): ReactActivityDelegate =
+          DefaultReactActivityDelegate(this, mainComponentName, fabricEnabled)
+}

android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativestarter/MainActivity.java

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.reactnativestarter
+
+import android.app.Application
+import com.facebook.react.PackageList
+import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
+import com.oblador.vectoricons.VectorIconsPackage
+import com.reactcommunity.rnlocalize.RNLocalizePackage
+import com.BV.LinearGradient.LinearGradientPackage
+import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerPackage
+import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
+import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost
+import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactHost.getDefaultReactHost
+import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost
+import com.facebook.react.flipper.ReactNativeFlipper
+import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
+
+// import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
+
+  override val reactNativeHost: ReactNativeHost =
+    object : DefaultReactNativeHost(this) {
+      override fun getPackages(): List<ReactPackage> {
+      // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
+      // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
+        return PackageList(this).packages
+      }
+      override fun getJSMainModuleName(): String = "index"
+      override fun getUseDeveloperSupport(): Boolean = BuildConfig.DEBUG
+      override val isNewArchEnabled: Boolean = BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED
+      override val isHermesEnabled: Boolean = BuildConfig.IS_HERMES_ENABLED
+    }
+
+  override val reactHost: ReactHost
+    get() = getDefaultReactHost(this.applicationContext, reactNativeHost)
+
+  override fun onCreate() {
+    super.onCreate()
+    SoLoader.init(this, false)
+    if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
+      // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
+      load()
+    }
+    ReactNativeFlipper.initializeFlipper(this, reactNativeHost.reactInstanceManager)
+  }
+}

android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativestarter/MainActivity.kt

@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
-        minSdkVersion = 21
-        compileSdkVersion = 33
-        targetSdkVersion = 33
-
-        // We use NDK 23 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
-        ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
+       buildToolsVersion = "34.0.0"
+       minSdkVersion = 21
+       compileSdkVersion = 34
+       targetSdkVersion = 34
+       ndkVersion = "25.1.8937393"
+       kotlinVersion = "1.8.0"
     }
     repositories {
         google()
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle")
         classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
+        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin")
     }
 }
 
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ subprojects { subproject ->
         project.configurations { compile { } }
     }
 }
+
+
+apply plugin: "com.facebook.react.rootproject"

android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativestarter/MainApplication.java

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 
-# Version of flipper SDK to use with React Native
-FLIPPER_VERSION=0.182.0
 # Use this property to specify which architecture you want to build.
 # You can also override it from the CLI using
 # ./gradlew <task> -PreactNativeArchitectures=x86_64

android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativestarter/MainApplication.kt

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true